Improved eave-tbough, beacket, and ooenioe



JOHN N. BALL, or 'BUFF'ALQQNEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 67,155, elated July 30, 1867.

VIlllIIROVED EAVE-TROUGH, BRACKET, AND CORNICE.

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TO-ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JOHN N. BALL, ofthe city of Bulfalo, county of Erie. and Stateof-New York, have invented a certain new and useful Combined Cornice,Bracket-, and Eave-Trongh; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in whichv Figure I is a transverse vertical section.

Figure II, a front elevation, and

Figure III a sectional top plan view.

The nature of this invention consists, lirst, in the construction of a metallic moulded cornice, nn eavetrough, and a number of sheet-iron brackets for connecting and supporting the same, all combined in a manner to form a fire-proof combined cornice, trough, and brackets, which may be made in sections of any required or' convenient length; second, in the construction and use of a sheet-iron bracket for cornices.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each ofthe figures.

A represents a metallic cornice, which may be macle of any desired dimensions and nlolud. B B represent.

sheet-iron brackets placed at right angles to the cornice, and firmly att-ached thereto by means of the rivets bl passing through the flanges b2. These flanges are formed by bending the edge of the bracket at right angles thereto, at such points or places where it is convenient to rivet them to the cornice. A vertical angc. e, is formell upon the rear end of the brackets. which serves to hold the cornice firmly in place after the masonry or brick-Work between the brackets is finished. The brackets extend backward between the bricks, and the flange c hooks over the eflge thereof` azul insures a firm attachment. An cave-trough, D, is connected to the cornice in front and rests upon the bracket-s, the top edge of the brackets being cut in the shape of the gutter. The

, front edge ofthe trough is securely riveted to the cornice, ns shown at d. y v

This combined cornice, bracket, and cave-trough is made complete in sections at the manufactory. The.. sections are made of a convenient length to be transported from the shop to the building where they are to `be used, and are laid in the. wall of the building. The brackets (inV length) equal the thickness of the wall, so that the flange e will clinch on the inside of the wall. The brick wall is carried up between the brackets, to

near the vtop edge thereof, so that the whole structure is securely held in and upon the wall, and is {ire-proof.

be required to complete the building. Y l

This improvement is cheap in construction and'substnntial and durable in use, and tire-proof. It is applicable to brick or stone buildings, and may be appliedY and used without wood fastenings or wood connections.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-f A combined cornice, eave-ti'ongh,'ar1d brackets, A Bv D, as a new article ot' manufacture, constructed and used in the manner substantially as described.

The sections are joined together as they are luid in the nali, and a suicient number of sections used as may JOHN N. BALL.

Witnesses: I

GEO. W. WALLACE, B. H. MUEBLE. 

